{"id":31966,"date":"2017-12-25T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=31966"},"modified":"2017-12-25T07:34:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T14:34:56","slug":"newsletter-issue-943-first-look-2017-vizio-smartcast-m-series-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2017\/12\/newsletter-issue-943-first-look-2017-vizio-smartcast-m-series-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #943: First Look: 2017 VIZIO SmartCast M-Series Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been previewing this column for a while, ever since I worked out a deal where VIZIO provided the set in exchange for my agreeing to review it. But they put no restrictions on how I should rate the product, so I\u2019m free to do what I\u2019ve done for the past 25 years, which is to give my unvarnished opinion about a tech gadget.<\/p>\n<p>This time I ran into a couple of obstacles. Since it was just months after I sustained some back injuries in an accident that took out my car, I asked a neighbor to help me do the heavy lifting, removing my 2012 55-inch VIZIO E-Series and replacing it with the comparably sized 2017 SmartCast M-Series Display.<\/p>\n<p>Not that these sets are heavy. The new VIZIO weighs around 36 pounds with the metal feet installed. The other set weighs maybe 10 pounds more. Carrying either wouldn\u2019t normally present a problem, but lifting it onto the stand required some help.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2017\/12\/newsletter-issue-943\/#display\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been previewing this column for a while, ever since I worked out a deal where VIZIO provided the set in exchange for my agreeing to review it. 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